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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.
(a) Only one.
(b) Only five.
(c) Only two.
(d) None.

2. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?
(a) The Secretary of the Interior.
(b) President of the U.S.
(c) The Secretary of Defense.
(d) The Secretary of State.

3. As _____________ increased, so did the chance of injury.
(a) The number of children.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Competitive sports.

4. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.
(a) 1871.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1817.

5. The clinic at Old Faithful could only do what for Kirwin?
(a) Pump IV fluids into his body.
(b) Give him a large bandage.
(c) Surgically remove the burned skin.
(d) Give him glasses of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.

2. Ultimately Kirwan had third degree burns on ______________.

3. Full board walkways were not introduced into thermal areas until the __________.

4. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?

5. The worst accident happened June 28th, __________, when Andy C. Hect, 9, was walking with his family along Crested Pool near Old Faithful.

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